MRI Patient Fears he Has NSF/NFD
I just hope that I don’t get the skin lesions that would complete the list of symptoms for NSF. I want to get tested for this disease; although my doctor brushed it off, I am going to ask the next doctor I see. I’d like to go to another hospital or see a specialist, but I’m not sure if my insurance will let me go anywhere else. They will probably just refer me back to my primary care physician… I am very frustrated and uptight. I don’t know what my future holds because I have a wife and three kids to support. I’ve missed a lot of work because of this, including today.” By the end of 2006, the FDA reported more than 200 cases of patients who had contracted NSF/NFD following exposure to gadolinium- based contrast agents. NSF has mainly been linked to patients with severe kidney failure but this is a fairly recent, man-made disease and there are many questions left unanswered: since 2006, it is estimated that many more people may have this disease, many of whom, like Tony, have yet to be diagnosed and are left frustrated and worried.
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